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Second Blog Post in Michelle Meek’s Emerging SAPro Series Goes Live
Michelle’s Emerging #SAPro Journey – Entering the Job Search with Collective Support
Editor’s Note: This story, written by Michelle Meek, originally appeared on The Student Affairs Collective on December 18, 2017.
This is the second blog post in Michelle’s monthly Emerging SAPro Series through The Student Affairs Collective. This month’s post is a reflection about making the most of the time spent in grad school and early career positions, in which Michelle shares several bucket list items for my time remaining at UConn and share my strategy for focusing on graduate school while not ignoring the job search.
HESA ’17 Graduation Celebration Photos!
Congrats to the HESA class of 2017!
Editor’s note: This story, was originally posted on the Neag School of Education Website in May, 2017
Click here for HESA graduation photos
Emily Daher (’18) and Ricardo Destinvil (’18) Receive Awards at Annual Neag Scholarship Awards Ceremony
Peter J. Nicholls Scholarship in Educational Leadership
This scholarship was established by friends, family, and colleagues of Dr. Peter J. Nicholls, former Provost of the University of Connecticut. This scholarship provides support to a graduate student(s) enrolled in the Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) program.
Emily Daher
Neag School of Education Graduate Fellowship
Established thanks to the generosity of numerous faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the Neag School of Education, this scholarship is awarded to a graduate student identified by nomination in his or her program as having a strong academic performance and having gone above and beyond by contributing significantly to the Neag School.
Ricardo Destinvil
http://education.uconn.edu/2017/04/13/students-donors-celebrate-at-annual-scholarship-awards-ceremony/
Emily Daher (’18) and Careers for the Common Good Career Fair
Careers for the Common Good Career Fair 2/15/2017 12-3pm, Student Union
– Highest student attendance since 2009 with 347 undergraduate and graduate students
– 79 non-profit and social service agencies in attendance
Careers for the Common Good is a collaborative project by the Office of Community Outreach, Center for Career Development, and Human Rights Institute that supports students in their exploration of socially responsible career paths.
Emily Daher (’18) facilitated and presented at the National Impact Conference
Emily Daher facilitated and presented a workshop at the National Impact Conference at Washington University in Saint Louis, MO. Topic: Pitching Impact: Sharing Your Social Enterprise Ideas. “The IMPACT Conference is historically the largest annual conference focused on the civic engagement of college students in community service, service-learning, community-based research, advocacy and other forms of social action.” Source: https://www.impactconference.org/about-the-conference/
HESAs at the IMPACT retreat for UConn Greek student leaders
The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life hosted the IMPACT retreat for UConn Greek student leaders, and while Garret Zastoupil and Rebecca Weintraub helped run the event, Julia Anderson and Alex Vann facilitated small groups! http://nicindy.org/programs/impact/
Lexy Parrill (’17) awarded Gretchen Laatsch Grant and Scholarship at the 2017 ACUI Annual Conference
Congrats to Lexy Parrill being awarded the Gretchen Laatsch Grant and Scholarship at the 2017 ACUI (Association of College Unions International) Annual Conference in March. The work being recognized was part of her Fall 2017 practicum in the UConn Programs Office.
Alyssa Paquin’s (’17) Poster presentation accepted for Postsecondary Disability Training Institute Conference
The poster is titled, “Concentration and Memory: How Disability Offices Can Serve Students with Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injuries”
PTI Program [2017]
29th Annual Postsecondary Disability
Training Institute (PTI)
Sponsored by the Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut
Tuesday, May 30th, Wednesday, May 31th – Friday, June 2nd, 2017
The Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
http://pti.education.uconn.edu/program-2017/
Alyssa Paquin (’17) & Jordan Walsh (’17) @ Greek Emerging Leaders Conference
Alyssa Paquin & Jordan Walsh recently presented “Leading Up, Down and Across- A 360 Degree View Of Leadership” at the Greek Emerging Leaders Conference on Saturday, February 4th.